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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My extra radical far loony left position is that no one should ever be allowed to make a profit from academic publishing. It is a public good. See also: education, healthcare (on a good day, public transport…)

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My first proper first-author paper has been published in Antiquity! The article is fully open access, so it’s free for anyone to read and share. The research came out of my PhD and uses a “whole-town” isotopic analysis approach to explore diet in Medieval Cambridge🏺 1/4 tinyurl.com/mu8a38zb

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Detecting social differences in diet in medieval towns: isotopic evidence from Cambridge, England, c. AD 940–1538 | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Detecting social differences in diet in medieval towns: isotopic evidence from Cambridge, England, c. AD 940–1538

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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

New paper out, possibly one of the most tedious projects of my life... it's working name was Project ARDUOUS and boy howdy did it live up to its name 🧪🏺 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Global compilation of bioavailable strontium isotope data - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Global compilation of bioavailable strontium isotope data

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 13/01/2026

Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals. What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The Archaeosnack online scicomm writing group starts its 2025-26 meetings on 27th Oct and is inviting new members! See archaeosnack.org for meeting dates and joining info. See examples of previous snacks at: archaeosnack.org/read/%F0%9F%...

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Home - Archaeosnack

Communicating research-based archaeologyA writing group for archaeologists to improve their science communication skills Get involved Read More What we do We meet to discuss and exchange feedback on s...

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ICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This #PromoWednesday, share job vacancies for whatever position could be relevant for someone active in #Zooarchaeology: PhDs, post-docs, technician, lecturer, collection manager, etc. 📜

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Dear headline writers. Could you consider substituting 'delighted' fur 'shocked' and 'intrigued' for 'baffled' - thanks, archaeologists.

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“Early Medieval People and Things (EMPAT)” Research Scientist, UCD School of Archaeology Applications are sought for a 19-month Research Scientist position as part of the project “Early Medieval People and Things (EMPAT)” Search for “Archaeology” at my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

'Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Archaeology of Death'. Here's a blog post containing the session abstract, paper abstracts + slides for the in-person talks + videos/links for the digital contributions for Friday's TAG session howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/m...

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Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Archaeology of Death

This post provides a compilation of the in-person and digital contributions to the Theoretical Archaeology Group 46th Annual Meeting session ‘Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Ar…

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today our BABAO Trade and Sale of Human Remains Taskforce has published a poster at #TAG25 about digital sales of the dead. Check out @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social blog to learn more, including how you can help! #archaeology #anthropology #scicomm howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/m...

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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

As Uni management continues to disrupt our work, important to remember the background. Part of UCU series State of the Uni 24-5, here's a summary of the vandalistic act that led to the closure of the Archaeo Dept at Sheff Uni. Share! @sheffielducu.bsky.social ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...

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The closure of Archaeology: an open wound for the University and the city

In 2021, the University announced the closure of the Department of Archaeology. Learn more about how this decision has damaged the University’s reputation, and impacted its staff and students.

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Great to see BABAO making an impact and maybe some progress on the sale of human remains in the UK. www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

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MP calls for government to ban human remains sales: A deep dive

An MP has called on the government to ban the sale of human remains. Here's what happened and why it matters.

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Important ethical issues surrounding the trade and sale of human remains were raised at PMQs today by Bell Ribeiro-Addy following discussions with BABAO: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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MP calls for ban on sales of human remains

Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she has been told of human remains frequently auctioned "disguised as modified items or replicas".

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Kicking off #IZAZ Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology (IZAZ) 2nd workshop Day2 The @archaeorattus.bsky.social project and the role of ZooMS in large multidisciplinary studies presented David Orton and Sam Presslee

presentation slide titled 'The RATTUS project and the role of ZooMS in large multidisciplinary studies' is displayed at the University of York. The slide features a rat image and logos from ERC and UK Research and Innovation. Below the projection screen, a speaker in a light-coloured t-shirt (David Orton) stands at a podium with a laptop, while another presenter (Sam Presslee) in a white shirt is seated at the table.

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The IsoArcH initiative @isoarch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just started a new pack for #isotope bioarchaeologists, ecologists and so on.😀🧪 Let me know if you would like to be in/out! Hope it can help.🙌 go.bsky.app/FpHPMC6

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Archaeological rats @archaeorattus.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

So here we are. A lot's changed since I (David) stepped back from Twitter a few years ago. For a start my rat work has grown into a major research project, RATTUS, thanks to the ERC & UKRI - see sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/rattus/

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RATTUS Project

Rats and the Archaeology of Trade, Urbanism, and Disease in Past European Societies 2023 – 2027

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

More new followers- hello! As an introduction, I am currently a PDRA on the RATTUS project (@archaeorattus.bsky.social), applying isotope analysis to archaeological rats. If you want to find out more, heres an intro post I wrote for the RATTUS blog: the-rattus-project.blogspot.com/2024/09/meet... 🏺

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Meet the team - Alice

Hi all! I am Alice and I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the RATTUS project. I am working with Michelle Alexander and Eric Guiry to ...

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Wondered why I suddenly had lots of new followers! Great idea, hello all 👋

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Very happy that I managed to visit the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge just before it finished. It was exciting (and humbling) to see so many things on display that myself and lots of my amazing colleagues have worked on! @samleggs22.bsky.social @ecbrownlee.bsky.social 🏺

Photograph of the exhibition booklet for the 'Beneath our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge. The cover shows a facial reconstruction of a early medieval female found buried at Trumpington.

Photograph of the author, Alice Rose, standing in front of an information board in the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition. The board describes scientific work that Alice Rose and Sam Leggett carried out on the Trumpington burial.

A photograph of a display of Roman and early medieval artefacts found at Girton College. The display includes a quote from Emma Brownlee.

A photograph of an exhibit displaying medieval artefacts from an Augustinian Friary found in the centre of Cambridge. The display includes a map and further information about medieval Cambridge 1066-1539.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Cornish? Or live in Cornwall? Take this anonymous survey to help @uniofexeter.bsky.social Institute of Cornish Studies find out more about people’s cultural identity and what would be most important to support Cornish culture over the next decade: exeteruni.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Cornish Distinctiveness SURVEY

This survey is about awareness of the Cornish language, Cornish national minority status and cultural identity.

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Emma Brownlee @ecbrownlee.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

More bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.

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Emma Brownlee @ecbrownlee.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

New paper alert! "A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more. Summary🧵 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....

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A RADIOCARBON-BASED MODEL OF CHANGING BURIAL RITES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND | Radiocarbon | Cambrid...

A RADIOCARBON-BASED MODEL OF CHANGING BURIAL RITES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

🚨JOB KLAXON: Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) on the fascinating Rewilding Later Prehistory Project. Isotopes and aDNA your thing? Interested in early horses? The role is based on Oxford, but some time spent here at Exeter:

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Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) - Rewilding Later Prehistory Project – Oxford at Oxford Arch...

An academic position as a Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) - Rewilding Later Prehistory Project – Oxford is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional...

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

The Archaeosnack scicomm writing group starts its 2023-2024 meetings on 11 Dec and is inviting new members! See www.scisnack.com/groups/archa... for meeting dates and joining info. See examples of previous snacks at: www.scisnack.com/category/arc... 🏺

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Scisnack | Archaeosnack

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Dr Alice Rose @alicekensa.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

A new 'After the Plague' project paper is out today! It features some isotope research from my PhD, which I used to find out more about the origins and diet of those buried in the Medieval hospital. It was such a pleasure to work with such a lovely project team 🏺 www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

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Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge

Examination of remains in hospital grounds uses DNA analysis and other disciplines to build ‘biographies’

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